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Weekly Update - September 15, 2018: Copyright, YouTube Kids, Google+

While a lot of the tech chatter this week was about Apple’s iPhone event, Google announced updates to Google+, YouTube Kids, Hangouts Meet and more. And there was bad news for Inbox users and folks concerned about copyright laws. Read on...

If you have an Enterprise G Suite account, you can not only record your Hangouts Meet video call, but now also live stream to people within your organization. This is not a substitute for Hangouts on Air, as there is no way to live stream publicly or to outside viewers.

Skype, on the other hand, has a new feature for content creators, that lets you easily bring in video and audio into your live stream or podcast. This requires the Skype desktop app and NDI-enabled hardware or software. Unfortunately this means it won’t work on Chromebooks.

The Google Photos API is now generally available. Developers can use the API to integrate Photos with apps and services, including searching your photo library, uploading, organizing albums, and using shared albums. I’m looking forward to seeing where those features turn up. Meanwhile, the old Picasa Web Albums Data API will be retired in January 2019, and developers are encouraged to migrate.

YouTube announced in April that YouTube Kids would allow parents to pick and choose which videos and channels for their kids. That feature is finally live. There is also now an option to configure the app for “Older” kids age 8-12, that includes popular gaming and music videos.

Apple had a big iPhone event, announcing the iPhone Xs, Xs Max (that’s “10 s” not “excess”), and Xr, iOS12, the next generation Apple Watch that lets you do an ECG at home, plus upcoming updates to the HomePod and MacOS Mojave. I’ve rounded up the links with more information below. (If you are an Android fan, stay tuned for Google's event on October 9th).

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